Charlotte Benton

Would the ethical issues with lab-grown human meat be resolved if the cells were cloned from Hitler's DNA? Or would that make things worse?

In a broad sense, she's probably telling the truth. Sexual predators are often good at choosing victims who won't be believed.

Trying to identify a specific gender critical man as the predatory creep who's probably just in it for the alibi doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Is there any snappy phrase or eponymous law based on the principle that if someone feels the need to declare they've won, they in fact haven't won? Because there really needs to be one.

As with the EHRC, I think there has been a deliberate wrecking strategy, where there first stage (now pretty much complete in both cases) is to corrupt the organisation to the extent that the people who would defended it the hardest instead see it as irretrievably broken.

"Prince Andrew barred from the Royal aircraft, and forced to take a Gulfstream like a commoner."

"Royal Family present Andrew with the Platinum Crown of Shame and The Emerald Coronet of Penitence."

When will pickelhaubes come back into fashion?

As far as dressing in WW2 military garb goes, it could be a lot worse...

Melania must be envious.

I'm now starting to think that the orange isn't makeup.

And you must walk without rhythm.

Do you reckon he's gearing up to do a Mark David Chapman?

What do you recognize?

If you built a non-floating amphibious vehicle (i.e. something that could be driven from the seabed up onto a beach), and taught dolphins to somehow operate it, do you reckon they'd use it to explore land?

It would be funny if a lost Cicero work turns up (high resolution CT of the Herculaneum scrolls maybe?) and people who subscribe as a joke receive a genuine update.

"Gender critical" men never fail to creep me out. They write about women's privacy in a manner like they're planning where to place a hidden camera.

I’m honestly wondering how many suicides have already happened because of this stuff. People do not appreciate how utterly terrified a lot of trans people, especially women, are right now.

If it happens, will an enduring media image be footage of bare shelves in Champagne sections, accompanied by finger-wagging commentary about how it's wrong to celebrate that kind of thing?

Photo of a tv. Onscreen a woman holds an axe with a periodic table visible behind.

Buffy is so old there were only 103 named elements, we’re at 118 now.

(Yes I pause every show that has a periodic table to see if its period accurate)

The terfs are still miserable because they haven't won the victory they truly want. And they never will, because the victory they truly want isn't a coherent goal, but a magical fulfilment of all the sadistic power fantasies that get endlessly created by their obsessive hatred and resentment.

Why aren't we calling "Alligator Alcatraz" the Trump Hotel?

A screenshot of the diagram ChatGPT horked up when asked how to wire up a British mains plug. (Source uncredited, via mastodon.) There are >5 wires going into the plug which resembles an M. C. Escher design.

The kids will ask ChatGPT, and get this:

It's too fucking hot.

Farage brands same-sex marriage “wrong”

Trans people told you they would come for cis LGB people next…

I'm sick of "there's no hope left" defeatism. Yes, things are grim right now, but the bastards haven't won yet. (Furthermore, when defeatism comes from anonymous accounts, it makes me suspect they're far-right sock puppets.) I understand the need to vent, but defeatism helps nobody but the fascists.

To answer my own question, I think the most reliable newspaper is... The Onion. Yes it's comedy, but it's utterly uncompromising in how it represents the reality of the current political situation.

If the US fully degenerates into a fascist dictatorship, its national newspapers have the choice between becoming government propaganda mouthpieces, or fleeing the country and becoming publications in exile. Would any take the latter route?

The "How do you do fellow kids?" meme, popularly attributed to Steve Buscemi's character in the TV show 30 Rock, is in fact taken from research by The Democratic National Convention into attracting the youth vote.

Question about US constitutional law: Is there any possible case that can be put before SCOTUS that won't result in a completely deranged ruling being passed by a 6 to 3 majority?